1974 #5 Notre Dame @ #6 USC No Huddle

All plays from a condensed version of the game
1974 Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ USC Trojans

[@ynp1978]

Been watching and loving college football for 50 years or more.....never seen anything like this game since.

[@brianjacob8728]

Me too. This is one of the first games I remember watching as a kid. This and the Game of the Century Nebraska at Oklahoma where Johnny Rodgers took the punt back. Two of the greatest games of all time. It's been gradually down hill since...

[@Finarphin]

We will never see anything like this again.

[@lloydkline]

❤️ 1970s wishbone offense bear Bryant,Alabama & Barry Switzer Oklahoma, etc etc

[@lloydkline]

@Brian Jacob Billy Sim & Barry Switzer & Oklahoma 1970s & Barry bryant style football & Tom Osborne & Nebraska wishbone offense

[@stanleyodle9242]

In 1974 I was a senior at USC, and remember the short and warm walk from campus to the coliseum that day. I remember too how upsetting so many of us felt at halftime. Yet something began to happen as the teams returned to the field to begin the second half. It's indescribable, yet something was in the air: an almost electric sense of anticipation. Something was about to happen that was so powerful that it bled across time. I remember turning to a stranger on my right and saying, "Can you feel it?" and he simply said, "Yes." And then Notre Dame kicked off and Mr. Davis did what did. Moving right to left before me standing stunned above the 20 yard line he ran...into history. There will likely never be another football game like this.

[@BrooklynEwms32LAKERS]

Perhaps The 1 of My Best Memories of S.C. Football🏈 ✌️❤💛...IwasThisClose to Turn it Off..I Couldn't Believe they were getting a BeatDown by Noted Thier Lame...Then The Second Half Was #28 A.D. Fueled Which Inspired The Whole Team & Led To My Favorite Moment 🙂 of Seeing Little Kids..Teens...Cheer Leaders ..All The Players / Coaches From Noted Thier Lame..Go From Euphoria to "When Irish Eyes are Cryin😭"...

[@shanehowell8169]

Keith Jackson: "And the sky has indeed fallen on Notre Dame."

[@8avexp]

I remember this game all too well. The most graphic display of momentum you'll ever see.

[@philjackson5387]

I too remember this game.... U.S.C. was so good..... Coach said at halftime, we are going to score, score, and score....And they did:) Roll Tide!!!!!

[@brianjacob8728]

You know that you beat a team badly when you make their cheerleaders cry. Loved it...

[@brucedavis3816]

I was 8 yrs old when I saw this game on ABC when it happened. Ktla Kcop Khj and KTTV used to replay this game alot over the years watched it every single time. But the day I remember most is watching this game and then War of the Gargantuas right after an 8 year olds ultimate dream!!!!!

[@Diegocurt73]

Watched this game as a kid. Loved seeing ND getting their “blank” handed to them.

[@billsav57]

Woody Hayes somehow got to work this game as a guest analyst for ABC, giving him a chance to see USC up close before playing them for the third straight year in the Rose Bowl. I'm sure he was crowing in the first half, but he sounded a bit concerned by the end. (USC won the Rose Bowl on a late touchdown pass from Haden to McKay, and then a two-point conversion to Diggs from Haden).

[@herbertsteger45]

billsav57 I’ve been a Trojan fan since my freshman year at SC in 1958. I had the good luck as a graduate student to see both this ND game and the subsequent Rose Bowl. This year and these games have been cherished memories ever since. Fight On!

[@cumulus1234]

I know that over the years Ohio State has lost 3 or 4 games to USC by 1 point and made some bad decisions near the end of those games. At least they won 24-7 over USC in the Cotton Bowl a couple of years ago.

[@8avexp]

ABC tried an experiment that season in which a major college football coach would serve as a guest analyst during an off week for their team. Usually they were paired up with Keith Jackson.

[@jiordone8563]

@@cumulus1234 USC beat Ohio State 42-17 in the 1973 Rose Bowl. Ohio State returned the favor in the "74 Rose Bowl, won like 42-21. This season ended with the 1975 Rose Bowl where USC won 18-17.

[@cumulus1234]

@@jiordone8563 Remember the 1975 game when OSU messed up near the goal line a couple of times .

[@dshooter6391]

I remember this game as a 12 year old. Been an SC fan ever since! Fight on!

[@lloydkline]

❤️Usc fight song & notre dame fight song

[@philjackson5387]

I remember watching this game and couldn't believe what I was seeing.... The U.S.C. coach said at half-time: "We are taking the kick at half-time and we are going to score, score and score". That is what they did!!!!

[@fmagalhaes1521]

I didn’t hear Keith Jackson say, “whoa nellie” at all in this video. :) lol

[@jq042754]

It was a glorious day. I saw the hole open up for AD. I jumped up and yelled he's gone. Then we never sat in the 3rd qtr. My gf and I kissed after every TD. I got alot of smoothie that day.

[@drzlecuti]

I was a junior at ND that fall, and after coming into halftime up 24-6--especially after the little lift of blocking the extra point I think the best word to describe how we felt in the second half was 'bumfuzzled," before Bobby Bowden even ever came up with the word. Sensational performance by AD.

[@remmymafia3889]

Sports Illustrated had the classic cover of this game- the byline read: "California Earthquake".

[@user-dn1ov5hn5v]

Wow, these guys could tackle !!

[@Papawill13]

Only legit comeback to end in a blowout in college football history.

[@ernesttanare862]

Yead I can't think of any. An NFL game that matches it is Chiefs vs Texans

[@JohnHoulgate]

I could swear Woody Hayes was rooting for the Trojans. Never in my wildest dreams would I ever imagine that. This was Ara Parseghian's last regular season game. It's good he went out with the Orange Bowl win against Alabama, but this game basically ended it for him.

[@dickjohn2673]

Charles phillips number 49 good ball player in the second half he w as on another planet

[@bradbolshaw1128]

Davis, McKay, Bell, Haden, that was usc at its freaky best, nothin' tops that in any game

[@armandoavalos7975]

I was at this game

[@goteamdefense]

He’s long gone at the forty.

[@christianorr1059]

Fight On, Trojans!! ✌️✌️

[@dsfddsgh]

I think this was the game that made Ara decide he'd had enough and retired from coaching.

[@orbyfan]

Tom Clements and Steve Neece were teammates with the Ottawa Rough Riders a year later. The Herb Tarlek pants on the male cheerleaders date this a bit.

[@DawnofMinnesota]

I was there watching this game. Unbelievable! L

[@paulespinoza974]

I think the elation in this game of the USC crowd was best characterized by the boy with the red cap after the Sheldon Diggs pass into end zone.

[@shermanmiller3203]

#28 Anthony “AD” Davis, my all time favorite college football player!!!

[@klep2859]

I was born on March 28. That has to mean something?

[@yeildo1492]

I listened to this game on the radio at work. After the first half, I almost turned it off. Almost. Pretty good recruiting by SC. Dave Farmer starts at FB, Ricky Bell and Mosi Tatupu are the backups. Attaway girls, 20:11!

[@jiordone8563]

Pretty ridiculous group of Full Backs.

[@yeildo1492]

@@jiordone8563 Now that is recruiting!

[@timothymiller1783]

Anthony Davis's knee dance was based upon Elmo Wright's "Elmo Shuffle."

[@RagDraggo]

Per my memory,,, the game was quite entertaining no doubt, (especially the 2nd half). IOW,, when you run up to a 24-0 lead on your opponent,,,, you do not expect to lose the game period,,,, much less by some 31 points! Yeppp USC scored some 55 Unanswered points on the Irish,,, quite a barnyard shellacking,, to say the least.

[@goteamdefense]

That Anthony Davis is a nightmare

[@brianjacob8728]

AD scored the points, but this was really Pat Haden's day.

[@dshooter6391]

@@brianjacob8728 What about McKay?

[@brianjacob8728]

@@dshooter6391 who do you think haden was targeting most of the time?

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Game of momentum swings

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Sporting of USC to spot Notre Dame 24 points

[@skeetculpepper5043]

College football, just not the same anymore.

[@bogiekmh44]

I coached Al Wojack son 's in basketball

[@ernesttanare862]

In the 2000s, pop warner football teama ran these type of football plays

[@ernesttanare862]

teams*

[@elwoodkishbaugh4670]

I bet ND cheered when Anthony Davis graduated

[@klep2859]

To think that the Heisman voting had been concluded. Big mistake.

[@ernesttanare862]

Coach Ara should've put in Rudy

[@JohnHoulgate]

Rudy was smaller than Pat Haden. No way would he get that sack with those Trojan linemen.

[@ernesttanare862]

@@JohnHoulgate Go USC!!! Pat Haden also won titles for my High School

[@JohnHoulgate]

@@ernesttanare862 Ah! You went to Bishop Amat.

[@ernesttanare862]

@@JohnHoulgate Class of 2009. Coach Hagerty was my Head Coach in my senior year

[@teddyrailroad]

STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES.. but go irish

[@teachmefloraldesign]

Is the full game available anywhere ?

[@8avexp]

I've been able to piece most of it together. There is another clip featuring Ray Scott as the play-by-play announcer in the "missing" second and fourth quarter footage.